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EPISODE · Mar 31, 2026 · 11 MIN

“Co-Found Lens Academy With Me. (We have early users and funding)” by Luc Brinkman

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tl;dr. Lens Academy is creating scalable superingelligence x-risk education with several USPs. Current team: Luc (full time founder, technical generalist) and several part time contributors. We have users and funding. Looking for a cofounder who's either a nontechnical generalist or a technical generalist. (Drafted by human; edited by AI, re-edited by human.) Misaligned superintelligence might end humanity. The number of people who understand this deeply enough to act on it is far too small. Lens Academy exists to change that. We're building scalable AI Safety education focused on what we think matters most: the case for existential risk from superintelligence, why alignment is hard, and how to think strategically about what to work on. Not a survey of all possible AI risks, but the part that's most likely to cause human extinction, taught in a way that hopefully actually sticks. We do this through 1-on-1 AI tutoring, active learning, and measured outcomes. The whole platform is designed to scale: under $10 per student, volunteer facilitators, automated operations. We're looking for a co-founder. You can be a technical generalist or a nontechnical generalist. What you'll do at Lens Academy Being a co-founder means choosing from a buffet of work. Here's [...] ---Outline:(01:35) What youll do at Lens Academy(03:49) What were looking for(05:07) Existential risk from misaligned superintelligence(06:08) Compensation(07:18) Who youd work with(09:42) How to reach out and what happens next --- First published: March 31st, 2026 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/LDbGob3XJ3LDBFmAe/co-found-lens-academy-with-me-we-have-early-users-and --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.

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